Some call it a washing machine, some a spaceship. For Ahinara it is simply “machine”. This is how the 7-year-old Ecuadorian classifies the apparatus of…
Storm as Elsa approaches New York avenues and subways – 09/07/2021 – world
Several subway stations were flooded and important access roads were blocked this Thursday (8) in New York, where the arrival of storm Elsa threatens to…
Eleven suspects in the murder of Haitian president arrested after invading Taiwan embassy – 07/09/2021 – world
A group of 11 heavily armed people was arrested Thursday (8) after raiding the Taiwanese embassy in Haiti, the Asian country said. The suspicion is…
Sugar cane residues turn into super-resistant nanocrystals in Brazilian research – 07/09/2021 – Science
Scientists from Embrapa Instrumentação in São Carlos (SP) have succeeded in producing super-resistant nanocrystals from sugar cane bagasse and straw (biomass). These structures are similar…
Bangladesh factory fire kills more than 40 – 07/09/2021 – world
At least 43 people have died, and dozens are missing, in a fire at a food and drink factory in Bangladesh, according to a police…
Xi promised reunification sees youth nationalism in Taiwan as obstacle – 07/08/2021 – world
Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s promise to “resolve the Taiwan question” and complete reunification with the Asian country, defined by him on the occasion of the…
We may be facing the inflection point between big Chinese tech and the US market – 08/07/2021 – Tatiana Prazeres
There was once a promising relationship between big Chinese tech and the US financial market. The story went on for many years, in a mutually…
The United States and Biden are once again “dragged into the quagmire of Haiti” – 07/08/2021 – Nelson de Sá
On the front page of the New York Times and the Washington Post, Haiti has arrested two Americans for the assassination of the country’s president.…
Confrontation with 4 dead in Caracas reveals rift between dictatorship and “collective” dissidents – 07/08/2021 – World
A clash between security forces and criminal groups Thursday (8) left four dead in Caracas. The episode is a new chapter in the recent upsurge…
Bolsonaro joins NGO’s list of 37 “predators of the free press” – 07/08/2021 – World
President Jair Bolsonaro (no party) has joined a list of little prestige: the gallery of “predators of the free press” created by the NGO Reporters…